Ainola, the house that Jean Sibelius built in 1904 and lived in until his death in 1957, has become legendary among lovers of Nordic music....continue...
Recording information: Ainola, Järvenpää, Finland (05/2014)....continue...

In Astor Piazzolla’s tango nuevo are all the ingredients of his life – his love from adolescence for Classical music, his fascination with jazz and...continue...
Recording information: Musikaliska, Stockholm, Sweden (12/2013)....continue...

Clemency, a chamber opera for five singers and string orchestra in one act; composed 2009-10 and the third operatic collaboration between composer James MacMillan and...continue...
Recording information: Artists for Humanity EpiCenter, Boston, Massachusetts, (2013-02-06_2013-02-07&2013-)....continue...

Mozart's string quintets, and particularly the last four (K 515, K 516, K 593 and K 614) are often cited as being among the finest...continue...
Recording information: Nybrokajen 11 (The Former Academy of Music), Stockholm, (01/1989/12/1989); The Fürstliche Reitbahn Bad Arolsen, Germany (01/1989/12/1989); The Old Catholic Church, Delfft, ...continue...

Set up for propaganda purposes as a 'model Jewish settlement', the Theresienstadt concentration camp has become a symbol of the immense cynicism that the Nazi...continue...
Recording information: Eglise Evangélique Saint Marcel, Paris, France....continue...

This disc completes the set of CPE Bach's Fortsetzung Sonatas, Wq51 that began in Volume 26 in this series. Although the sonatas were not published...continue...
Recording information: Keizerszaal, Sint-Truiden, Belgium (07/2012)....continue...

This lighthearted music is given wings by the flutist Mikael Helasvuo and guitarist Jukka Savijoki, both from Finland, in performances that were praised at the...continue...
Recording information: Finström Church, Åland, Finland (07/1988)....continue...

Masonic Ritual Music centers on a series of songs for tenor and organ, the number, order and texts of which vary between the original manuscripts...continue...
Recording information: Helsinki Cathedral, finland (04/2010); Sibelius Hall Lahti, Finland (04/2010); Helsinki Cathedral, finland (05/2008); Sibelius Hall Lahti, Finland (05/2008)....continue...

Miklos Spanyi is one of the world's most acknowledged scholars and performers of the works of C.P.E Bach. On this release he splits Bach's large...continue...
Recording information: Sint-Truiden, Belgium, Keizerszaal (07/2012)....continue...

International Record Review, May 2013Brabbins directs with undemonstrative mastery and the Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra is suitably uninhibited in its response...That a Swedish orchestra (...continue...

American Record Guide, May/June 2013Celebrating their 35th year in 2013, London Baroque is a very well known and most highly regarded quartet championing baroque music....continue...
Recording information: St. Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Hampshire, England (09/2010)....continue...

BBC Music Magazine, October 2012Ogawa never forces the tone. She ensures that beauty, clarity and richness of sound are sustained at all costs, even in...continue...
Recording information: Malmö Concert Hall, Sweden....continue...

BBC Music Magazine, June 2012It takes a while for the ear to accept on the clavichord music normally played on the harpsichord, but Miklos Spanyi's...continue...
Recording information: Sint-Truiden, Belgium, Keizerszaal (02/2011)....continue...

MusicWeb International, July 2012The order of pieces makes for a thoroughly seamless, always engaging programme...The performances here are pretty much top-notch, as previous critical accla...continue...